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Sailor not dancing but twisting
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torsional
Word definitions for torsional in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of, pertaining to, or achieved using torsion
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Torsional \Tor"sion*al\, a. Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis; as, torsional force.
Usage examples of torsional.
For hours, the torsional vibrations had been building up, but no-one knew when the end would come.
There was an ominous squeal from the braking mechanism, then the capsule was at rest again, apart from a slight torsional vibration that quickly died away.
The AID automatically adjusted the resistance of the glove to that of the torsional device he normally used.
One of these, from a machine which happened to be set in telescopic focus, shows several views of great value in picturing the falls of the other ships, and all of the rear projectoscope records enable the reconstruction in detail of the pendulum and torsional movements of the ship, and its sag toward the earth.
He handed the captain a device that looked like nothing so much as the torsional steel hand-grip exerciser from which it had been created.